Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2016.

Beaded Beaker

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAustrian (or Bohemian)

Dateca. 1820-1840

MediumBlown and cut glass with knitted glass beads

DimensionsHeight: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Base: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Overall, Rim: 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Dr. Eugen Grabscheid

Object number58.37.42

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 116-2, Case 7

DescriptionTumbler (perlbecker). Bead beaker. Clear blown, non-flint, flaring to rim with a minute diamond cut band just below a wide gilt rim band. Swelling at bottom with a band of oval cuts around the edge. Decorated with a band of crocheted bead work of floral design. Flat bottom with radial cuts.

Published ReferencesDiane C. Wright (editor), _Glass Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2017), p.76-77.